The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People, as Well as a History of the Kingdom, Volume 4C. Knight & Company, 1841 - Great Britain |
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... liberty .eligion . They were all condemned upon their own confessions , which were set down under their own hands as declarations , and compiled with such labour and care , to make the matter they under- took seem very feasible , as if ...
... liberty .eligion . They were all condemned upon their own confessions , which were set down under their own hands as declarations , and compiled with such labour and care , to make the matter they under- took seem very feasible , as if ...
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... started by the abashed and browbeaten Puritans - How far an ordinance of the church could bind without impeaching Christian liberty ? he said " he would 66 not argue that point , but answer therein as 16 [ BOOK VII . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... started by the abashed and browbeaten Puritans - How far an ordinance of the church could bind without impeaching Christian liberty ? he said " he would 66 not argue that point , but answer therein as 16 [ BOOK VII . HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... liberty to every man . But , " added James , " I will none of that ; I will have one doctrine and one dis- cipline one religion , in substance and in cere- mony . " It would have been policy to act and speak as if from a spiritual ...
... liberty to every man . But , " added James , " I will none of that ; I will have one doctrine and one dis- cipline one religion , in substance and in cere- mony . " It would have been policy to act and speak as if from a spiritual ...
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... liberty of conscience ; he had intrigued with the court of France , and with the Spanish court ; • Arthur Wilson . Edmund Lascelles wrote to the Earl of Shrews- bury from court , - " I doubt not but your lordship hath heard of the mau ...
... liberty of conscience ; he had intrigued with the court of France , and with the Spanish court ; • Arthur Wilson . Edmund Lascelles wrote to the Earl of Shrews- bury from court , - " I doubt not but your lordship hath heard of the mau ...
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... liberty to trade to the Indies , and the closing of the Scheldt . James got for himself the acknowledgment of a debt of 818,000 / . , as the sum total of what was due to the English crown ; and the promise of the States to discharge ...
... liberty to trade to the Indies , and the closing of the Scheldt . James got for himself the acknowledgment of a debt of 818,000 / . , as the sum total of what was due to the English crown ; and the promise of the States to discharge ...
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Page 399 - And whereas it is and hath been found by experience, that the office of a King in this nation and Ireland, and to have the power thereof in any single person, is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety and public interest of the people...
Page 131 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 191 - I will only say, that so long as this Covenant is in force, whether it be with or without explanation, I have no more power in Scotland than as a duke of Venice, which I will rather die than suffer.
Page 308 - From the entrance into this unnatural war, his natural cheerfulness and vivacity grew clouded, and a kind of sadness and dejection of spirit stole upon him, which he had never been used to ; yet being one of those who believed that one battle would end all differences, and that there would be so great a victory on one side, that the other would be compelled to submit to any conditions from the victor, which supposition and conclusion...
Page 178 - that he could be content to lend as well as others, but feared to draw upon himself that curse in Magna Charta which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it.
Page 132 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 177 - Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Page 291 - ... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended, where he was so, as any man could deserve to be ; and therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other.
Page 67 - And likewise we bar from this benefit and liberty all such known Recusants, either men or women, as will abstain from coming to church or divine service, being therefore unworthy of any lawful recreation after the said service, that will not first come to the church and serve God...
Page 17 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the deviL Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council...